Thursday, December 11, 2014

“Reflection, Learning, Community, Hope”

At the end of our recent Fall Institute, we offered slips of
paper and asked that attendees write about
a piece they would take with them.

Generously, they did.
When we reviewed the papers, we were touched, and so
very pleased that people really took in the pieces most important to us- the
pieces that we have learned from our most important teachers, our clients. Thank
you so very much for joining us and sharing your thoughts.

Here are just a few of the thoughts our attendess left with
us, reflecting what they learned:

“A deeper understanding of the role that
unrecognized trauma (or developmental events not seen as “traumatic” by those
not personally experiencing them) can have on individuals and those in relationship
with them.

“The importance of being self-aware and taking
care of not only myself, but other caregivers, to help them cope with what is
going on.”

“Better understanding of the dynamics of
self-injury and the importance of acknowledging my own response to it in the
client-therapist relationship.”

“Different breathing practices to help with
anxiety or depression”

“The effects of childhood stress research,
microaggressions, neuroscience- great to have training on this”

"Discussion of sexual minority youth had direct
implications for the work I am doing with students. I immediately changed the
wording on a survey.(to be more inclusive)”

“Reflection, learning, community, hope”

We thank you all for doing the work that you do, and for
continuing to explore and commit to find ways to better help your clients. We
appreciated your participation, and for the depth you brought in your
questions, and in your consultation with each other and with us.